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Acts passed by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina [1827]

LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 81
CHAPTER CXXr.
Au uv. i. iui iiiL- ifliuf of auiulrv citizens of the counties of Buncombe and Ashe.
Be it enacted by the General .issenibtij of the State of JS'ortli-LuroUna,
and it is herehij enacted bij the authoritij nj the same, 'l"liat the Secretary
of State shall be authoriscil and required to issue a certified copy of an en-try
from the returned copies of entries from the county of Buncombe in his
oliice, which entry is No, 1794, made by Samuel Carter and Solomon Carter,
for »\vu hundred acres, on the I6lh Aprd, ]8'25; and that such certified copy
shall be sufficient evidence to authorise the Treasurer of the State to receive
the purchase money for said land.
II. .^nd be it farther enacted, That the Public Treasurer be, and he is
hereby authorised and directed to receive the purchase money on the follow-ing
entries, made in the county of Ashe, that is to say, by Leonard Bellew,
fifty acres, which entry is No. 4G08, and dated the 26tli October, 1825; al-so
by Solomon Perry, lor fifty acres of land, by him entered on the 27th day
of October, 1825, which entry is No. 4615; also by Frar.cis Sfu'gill, for
twenty-five acres of land, entered on the 12th day of February, 1825, which
entry is No. 45GG: Provided the same be paid for before the riM- ..t lie pre-sent
General Assembly; and that this act siiall be in force from and after the
ratification.
CHAPTER CXXII.
An act to aild all that part of tlie second regiment of Militia of Burke county, lying south of the
Catawba river in said county, to the first regiment.
Jje it enacted by the General Assembly of the 6V«/e of North- Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a majurity of
that part of the second re<^iment of Burke county militia, lying south of the
Catawba river in said county, if they deem it expedient, are hereby au-thorised
to attach themselves to the first regiment of said county; Provided,
that such arrangement sliall not reduce captain Conley's company to a less
number than eighty privates exclusive of commissioned and non-commissiou-ed
officers; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
CHAPTER CXXIII.
An act to secure to .Tane Becknall, of Ashe county, what property she may hereafter acquire.
Be it enacted by the General Jissembly of the State of Nn*h- Carolina, and
it is hereby enacted by the anihorily of the same, That from and after the pass-ing
of this act, Jane Becknal!, of Ashe county, wife of Henrv Becknall, be,
and she is hereby entitled to hold, possess and enjoy in her sole right, all such
estate, either real or personal, as she may hereafter acquire by industry, pur-chase,
gift or otherwise, in as full and ample a manner as if she had never
been married to her husband Henry Becknall herein named, fiee and clear
from the claims of her said husband, or any of his creditors; and she shall
have full power and authority to prosecute or defend any suits, either in law
or equity, in her own name, in the same manner as if she had never beeu
married to her said husband; any law to the contrary nothvrithstanding.
CHAPTER CXXIV.
\a act to incorporate the Trustees of Molly (irove Academy, in the county of Sampson.
Be it enacted by the General Jissembly nf the State of JS*orth Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of' the same. 'I hat Bediedeu
Carowav, George Draughon, Reson Royal, Hardy Royal, David Underwood,
II

LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 81
CHAPTER CXXr.
Au uv. i. iui iiiL- ifliuf of auiulrv citizens of the counties of Buncombe and Ashe.
Be it enacted by the General .issenibtij of the State of JS'ortli-LuroUna,
and it is herehij enacted bij the authoritij nj the same, 'l"liat the Secretary
of State shall be authoriscil and required to issue a certified copy of an en-try
from the returned copies of entries from the county of Buncombe in his
oliice, which entry is No, 1794, made by Samuel Carter and Solomon Carter,
for »\vu hundred acres, on the I6lh Aprd, ]8'25; and that such certified copy
shall be sufficient evidence to authorise the Treasurer of the State to receive
the purchase money for said land.
II. .^nd be it farther enacted, That the Public Treasurer be, and he is
hereby authorised and directed to receive the purchase money on the follow-ing
entries, made in the county of Ashe, that is to say, by Leonard Bellew,
fifty acres, which entry is No. 4G08, and dated the 26tli October, 1825; al-so
by Solomon Perry, lor fifty acres of land, by him entered on the 27th day
of October, 1825, which entry is No. 4615; also by Frar.cis Sfu'gill, for
twenty-five acres of land, entered on the 12th day of February, 1825, which
entry is No. 45GG: Provided the same be paid for before the riM- ..t lie pre-sent
General Assembly; and that this act siiall be in force from and after the
ratification.
CHAPTER CXXII.
An act to aild all that part of tlie second regiment of Militia of Burke county, lying south of the
Catawba river in said county, to the first regiment.
Jje it enacted by the General Assembly of the 6V«/e of North- Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a majurity of
that part of the second re